Japan Ramsar wetland
Nakaumi
71 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Yobito KAYANUMA · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
25 species in January.24 species in February.1 species in March.20 species in April.19 species in May.0 species in June.22 species in July.12 species in August.19 species in September.0 species in October.34 species in November.47 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
71 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 71Speciesrecorded more than once
- 21Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 826Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 5Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 26Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 19Songbirds
- 5Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 71 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Songbirds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/4°132 mm
- Feb8°/4°108 mm
- Mar11°/6°124 mm
- Apr16°/10°116 mm
- May20°/14°124 mm
- Jun24°/19°182 mm
- Jul27°/23°221 mm
- Aug29°/24°125 mm
- Sep25°/21°204 mm
- Oct20°/16°138 mm
- Nov15°/11°111 mm
- Dec10°/6°154 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nakaumi.
Lake in Tottori and Shimane prefecture, Japan
Nakaumi is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
71 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 826 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Tufted Duck and the Anas poecilorhyncha.
9 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Velvet scoter and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- 境港公共マリーナ キャンプ場campsite · 7.0 km · 3 within 10 km
- ホテルエリアワン境港マリーナplace to stay · 6.9 km · 10 within 10 km
- Yasugichōnearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Yonago Kitaro Airport / JASDF Miho Air Base (YGJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 4 km in a straight lineCar hire in HiroshimaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1observation towers within 6 kmSANKO夢みなとタワー
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 5restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 km境港公共マリーナ キャンプ場, 狐森島, 星上山スターパーク
- 10places to stay within 10 kmホテルエリアワン境港マリーナ, 旅館 三保の松, 御宿 野乃 and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Nakaumi.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas12 mountains within 25 kmMount Hiba331 m · 17 kmTengu Yama · 18 kmYakumo Yama · 18 kmŌshibi Yama · 20 kmAsahi-yama · 20 kmKyōzuka Yama · 22 kmŌhira Yama · 24 kmTakatsuka Yama · 24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmDaikonjima Island No. 1 Lava Tube Tunnel · 3.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Nakaumi
Japan
- 48Birdyas Score
- 71Species
- 21Migrants
- 3Threatened
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary
Japan · 221 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 162Species
- 100Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1077275) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 826 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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